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Old 2nd Nov 2012, 21:50
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RetiredF4
 
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Clandestino:

No, but you keep on talking about unloading, maneuvering with respect to Gs and all the other neat stuff that works very well on high power, high drag machines with low aspect ratio swept wings that are used to bomb the out of the opponent or shoot down his aeroplanes. While some of it are applicable on high power loading, cruise efficient and not very maneuverable machines we use to transport passengers from, A to B, training airline pilots in them would be utterly superfluous as there are already proven and taught procedures to deal with just the stuff that was thrown onto AF447 crew. They did nothing resembling them.
Sorry that i wrongly assumed, that changing g loading, thus reducing or increasing AOA and thus changing flightpath is understood by civvies and also by yourself. Finally it i nothing less and nothing more than a result orientated change pf pitch and has nothing at all to do with the military, although the used terminology is more present there.

For you and the others who didnīt understand:
unload = reduce g= normal acceleration from present value to a lower desired value, usually performed by a nose down flight control input, using the available pitch steering device (Stick, sidestick yoke, trim....).

You agree, that it can be done also by all aircraft with wings on it and would have been the necessary means to keep AF447 within the flight envelope and prevent the stall, when properly performed?

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